CVE-2026-78477

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

25/08/2026

Last modified:

25/08/2026

Description

The Jawn theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/jawn/vulnerability/wordpress-jawn-theme-1-4-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0642c85-ee01-497c-8dc3-42e3ffc02995?source=cve